The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-11
THE PRESIDENT AT ST. PAUL
MIR. Cleveland and His Wife Warmly
Greeted in the Capital of Minnesota.
The Streets Thronged BIZ Resident Population
and Fifty Thousand Fisitors-Another
Speech Of the Statistical Variety.

master general and his wife, and the gentlemen
composing the party which left Washington
with the President. reached st. Paul exactly on
time at half-past this evening, having left
| Madison. Wis, at o'clock this morning. The
run from Madison was perhaps the most enjoy
able days journey the party has experienced
since its departure from Washington. All had
been thoroughly rested during the stay at Mad
| ison and were in the best of health and
spirits. The weather for the greater
part OF the day was as fine as
| If ordered on purpose, and the region through
which the travellers passed is one of the pleasant
est sections of the Northwest. The foliage at
this season is comparable to nothing so we'll as
| to great Persian rug, a gaudy Navajo blan-
| ket, so bright the colors and so vivid the
| contrasts. Nor the wilder aspects Of
| nature wanting in the panorama. Huge masses
and queer necks of rock reared their jagged
| heads from the plains of western Wisconsin,
| their brows spread out in gold and purple, their
| fronts grey and frowning above the tree tops.
| Along the Mississippi bold bluffs pushed the
stream to one side the other, and now and
then attention was called to some point or cas-
tellated formation. like nothing in art and moth
| ing else in nature.
| The people along the line, and at the smaller
stations. much less demonstrative than
those of the regions passed through earlier in
the trip They gathered at many points in
little knots of from fifty to three four hun
dred the platforms, and swung their hats and
handkerchiefs. but with few exceptions made
no attempts at decorations, and seemed intent
only upon satisfying their desire to the
President, in which purpose disap-
pointed.
AT La Crosse, where the train tarried twenty
minutes, there was little gem of demonstra-
ton. which was highly praised by its recipi-
ents. Though there were ten thousand people
at the station, with twice many more lining
the streets of the town, and though their
tire enthusiasm of the liveliest kind, there
was neither crowding nor haste Rich carpets
covered the platform for hundred feet between
the train and the carriages, and a wide avenue,
into which but the receiving delegation
penetrated, was left open for the visitors. The
bells Of the town rang merry peals and the steam
whistles Of mills and steamboats, screeched their
widest, but from the moment Mayor
Austin took the Presidents hand and welcomed
HIM to that when he expressed the wish that he
might have made longer stop, the utmost order
prevailed. At Portage, New Lisbon, Sparta
and Lake City, where i've minutes stops
made, handshaking took place. of the now famil-
lar character, yet with difference. The look of
excitement, almost as intense as that of men in
battle, was missing. The people jostled and
crowded but they laughed as they did so.
The interview was. with them, not evident
ly one of business as OF pleasure. Not tenth
OF the numbers gathered had chance
to shake the hand of the President,
but their cheers as the train pulled away
were none the less hearty. just north of WI
mona throng of workmen were gathered, and
one on horseback rode ID to the 81. moving train
to present to Mrs Cleveland. with their comp pill
ments, a handsome bouquet. He reached it out
and thought it safe in her hand, but unluckily it
was not, and fell to the ground. The mounted
man was embarrassed for a moment, but
athletic fellow from among thu workmen leaped
ditch, picked up the flowers. mono the worse /
for their fall. and amid the widest hurrahs of
his companions. delivered them. He will re-
member the ladys smile as long as he lives.
The special schedule time of the train to day
considerably faster than any heretofore.
Flying clouds and frosty air ushered in the
day for which ST Paul has been preparing with
eager expectation for month past. Toward the
middle of the afternoon the came out and
the weather moderated somewhat, but is still
tonight decidedly bracine. The crowd is un-
paralleled in the city's history. and the Oldest
Garfield obseques and the winter carnivals in
vain to remem Der it's like With all the regular /
trains packed. twenty long specials and the con
tingent that came yesterday, conser-
of strangers in the city at 80, O00 which,
added TO the resident population of thrice that
difficulties But it is good-natured and cour-
teous crowd, eager to but patient to wait
while the excellent police arrangement prevent
eo any delay of the Presidents movements /
throughout.
large contingent gathered at the Ucion
Depot long before $50, and few minutes be-
ception committee drove up Among them were |
Colonel Kerr. Aldermen Cullen, Dowan. San
born. Hamm and Bryant, Congressman Rice
and P. III. Kelly. Passing through the throng |
of people. the reception committee walked for
ward to the depot platform. where a passage
was preserved up the center Sliding down
the engines front gaily. decorated
with flags and hung with colored
drapery in graceful festoons. The reception
committee boarded the end of the car and the
open door revealed the President and Mrs. Cleve-
land standing in the parlor beneath the electric
light. The small apartment was hung with fes-
toons of flowers and green wreaths P. H.
Kelly was the first to greet the visitors. and he
in turn introduced the rest of the committee
each being received with shake of tho hand
and pleasant smile from the presidential pair.
The brief ceremony over, Congressman Rice as
sisted Mrs. Cleveland to alieht, and Colonel
Kerr stepped to the platform with the President.
on the other by Judge Flandrau. the President
proceeded down the platform Mrs.
Cleveland followed on the of Congressman
Rice The band of the Twenty-ffth Infantry
was stationed on the roof of the station arcade.
and commenced playing. AS Mrs Cleveland
walked down, three little giris, Miss Esther Kel-
~, Miss KITTY Mcguire and Miss Barclay,
stepped forward and presented her with three
lovely bouquets of pink roses The President,
Colonel Lamont and Colonel Kerr got into the
first carriage. Mrs. Cleveland and Congressman
Rice in the second and the committee and press
representatives in the remaining vehicles The
Presidents carriage drawn by four white
horses. The First Battery NJ N G., stationed
near by began the presidential salute as the
party emerged from the station and the cheer
ing was almost continuous. The procession
moved up Third to Jackson. Here the
streets literally jammed with a
sureiug multitude of humanity, which
surged after the carriages like great waves.
w hal and fha
tops of buildings were thronged with people.
who caught the cheers from below as the
procession moved by At the Ryan Hotel a
mass of people, curious to catch glimpse of
The President thronged the Streets and as his
carriage moved np n shout went up that fairly
made the air ring. The President aiighted and
was escorted into the hotel. Escorted the
decorated parlors of the hotel, the
President and his party introduced to-